15 U.S.C. § 1292
Section 1292 · Area telecasting restriction limitation
This is the Sherman Antitrust Act
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Chicago Professional Sports Ltd. Partnership v. National Basketball Ass'n (1996)
Most recently applied in Chicago Professional Sports Ltd. Partnership v. National Basketball Ass'n (September 1996)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 1291 of this title shall not apply to any joint agreement described in the first sentence in such section which prohibits any person to whom such rights are sold or transferred from televising any games within any area, except within the home territory of a member club of the league on a day when such club is playing a game at home.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1966—Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “described in the first sentence of such section” for “described in such section”.